“The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection … that one is prepared in the end to be defeated and broken up by life, which is the inevitable price of fastening one’s love upon other human individuals.”
— George Orwell, Reflections on Gandhi (via frenchtwist)
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May 14 2012
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“America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves. To quote the American humorist Kin Hubbard, ‘It ain’t no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.’ It is in fact a crime for an American to be poor, even though America is a nation of poor. Every other nation has folk traditions of men who were poor but extremely wise and virtuous, and therefore more estimable than anyone with power and gold. No such tales are told by the American poor. They mock themselves and glorify their betters. The meanest eating or drinking establishment, owned by a man who is himself poor, is very likely to have a sign on its wall asking this cruel question: ‘If you’re so smart, why ain’t you rich?’ There will also be an American flag no larger than a child’s hand—glued to a lollipop stick and flying from the cash register.”
— Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (via cyberspacecowboy)
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April 23 2012
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“…the Guttmacher Institute, which conducts reproductive health research, came out with a study that suggests censoring sex ed won’t actually lead to teens safeguarding their virginity until they slip on a wedding ring. But sex ed classes, even the really G-rated ones, get teens to wait longer before they start having sex. Sex ed leads teens and young adults to delay sexual intercourse, according to the research, which relied on data from the National Center for Health Statistics on about 4,691 women and men between the ages of 15 and 24. “There is an incorrect belief that talking to teens about sex promotes sex,” says study author Laura Lindberg, a senior research associate at Guttmacher.”
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Teen Sex Ed: Instead of Promoting Promiscuity, It Delays First Sex | Healthland | TIME.com
If I have any secondary passion in education, it’s fair and appropriate sex education for children so they grow into healthy, responsible adults.
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2:24 pm |
April 21 2012
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“Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.”
— Albert Einstein (via jottingmatt)
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9:37 am |
April 21 2012
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